2. Why is school not opening on time?
(a) A hurricane damged many of the buildings.
(b) Many people are going to the United States to witness JFK's inauguartion.
(c) A fire damaged the cafeteria and auditorium.
(d) The government said they were not allowed to open.

3. Why are the students unsettled about the visitors to the classroom?
(a) They think something is wrong with Anita's mother.
(b) It is almost time for recess, but they can't leave until the teacher dismisses them.
(c) The last time it happened, one student left and never came back.
(d) It is interrupting their practice time.

4. Where is the setting of the school?
(a) Bermuda
(b) Haiti.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Dominican Republic.

5. What does Papi tell the family to pretend?
(a) That they have no idea where their cousins are.
(b) That the the family is being watched for their well being.
(c) That they are not being watched.
(d) That the men who are watcing them are harmless.

6. What topics do Sammy, Anita and Sammy's visitor discuss?
(a) Community and politics.
(b) College.
(c) Sports.
(d) Moving to the United States.

7. Why do the teacher and the two visitors step into the hallway?
(a) The classroom is very noisy.
(b) To talk in privacy.
(c) So the teacher can show the new boy his correct classroom.
(d) So the students can go on with their classwork.

8. What does Anita help Carla do?
(a) Choose a jewelry box.
(b) Wash her dresses.
(c) Sew a button on one of Carla's dresses.
(d) Sew her name into her clothing.

9. How does Anita's mother talk to Anita for the first time?
(a) As a disappointed mother.
(b) As a dissatisfied wife.
(c) As an adult.
(d) As a frightened woman.

10. What doesn't feel right to some of the students?
(a) That religious symbols are being used in school.
(b) That the summer break is going to be much shorter this year.
(c) That there are only girls in the school.
(d) The climate, which they are not used to.

11. Who is the other person who comes into the classroom?
(a) Carla's mother.
(b) Anita's mother.
(c) The new boy's mother.
(d) The new boy's father.

12. Why does Anita's mother say she and Anita's father are staying in the Dominican Republic?
(a) To try to sell the business.
(b) For Anita's father to run for public office.
(c) To fight against the things that are wrong.
(d) To wait for Anita's mother to give birth.

13. What does Anita's papi explain to Anita?
(a) That she must go with Carla to the United Sates.
(b) That Carla's family has received permission to leave the country.
(c) That Anita's mother and Anita must go to the United States.
(d) That Carla's family has to go into hiding.

14. Where are the children allowed off the compound?
(a) School.
(b) No where.
(c) Anywhere as long as they walk in pairs.
(d) School and church.

15. What does Anita's mother say Anita can do again when they are free?
(a) Go visit Carla.
(b) Talk with Sammy about anything.
(c) Go into the city.
(d) Write openly in her diary .